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TIL That the Harlem Globetrotters are not actually from Harlem, they’re from Phoenix, Arizona. The team added the title “Harlem” in order to obviate fans attending games being surprised to see black men on the court.

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DV4e TIL a man named Robert Wiggen, who spent 3 years in prison, started a website that posts mug shots taken from police department websites and makes them easily searchable on sites like Google and then charges money to have the images removed. His own mug shot is absent from the site.
XZbP TIL the Dalai Lama was on the CIA payroll ($180k/yr) from the late 1950’s to 1974.
kwLB TIL The Greeks had no word for the color blue.
NxjQ TIL Destiny will be the most expensive video game ever made, costing an estimated half-billion dollars to produce, nearly twice the cost of the previous record holder, GTAV.
P1O0Z TIL Actor Steven Seagal released a reggae fusion album called Songs From the Crystal Cave, with one track featuring the actual lyrics “Me wan’ da poonani”